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W. B. C-OWAN. Game Apparatus] No. 224,882. V Patented Feb. 24, 1880 WITNESSES 'INVBNTOR:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. COWAN, F GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,882, dated February 24, 1880.

Application filed October 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. OoWAN,

of Guelph, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Game Apparatus, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The invention relates to games for parlor amusement; and it consists in combining with outside walls end wings, walls-with end wings and an armed extension inclosin g a space opposite a V-shaped projection, walls with extensions inclosing a V-shaped space opposite another projection, and entrances, all as hereinafter described. I5

The. entrances to the fort are arranged so that the balls with which-the game is played cannot strike the men or pieces directly, but only bydeflecting from thewalls of the fort.

In the accompanying drawing a perspective view of my invention is given.

Referring to the drawing, the wall of the outside fort, A, is made of two curved outside walls, A A, of exactly the same shape. a The ends a a of pieces A are jointed together by a hinge at b, and the inside faces, 0, of the walls at this point of junction project inward, so as to form a V-shaped division, d. The ends 6 e of the outside walls, A, are curved toward each other and provided with wings f f, with concave faces g. These wings form one side of the entrances B B to the outside fort.

O is the inside fort, guarded by walls made in two parts, h h, of the same shape precisely, and jointed together by a hinge at 12. At thejunction the inside faces, J J, are curved inward to form a V-shaped projection, It. The ends I l of parts h are provided with wings m, having concave faces a, opposite faces 9 of 3 wingsf, and forming the other side of the entrances B. On the back of parts h h, on each side of the middle junction at v are two projections, 0 o, curved toward each other so asto inclose a space, 10, with an entrance, 1),

vision-wall, t, the convex faces a u of which, together with the faces 1; o, (of the ends to of wings m,) form the sides of the entrances E E ing the said walls in their relative positions.

Themen or pieces employed in the game consist of a king, queen, two kings bishops, two queens bishops, and six. guards.

The king K is placed in the center of the space r, directly opposite entrance 8 and the V-shaped projection is. The kings bishops K B are placed against the faces J J of walls h h, on either side of V-shaped projection k. The queen Qis placed in the center of the space 19, directly opposite entrance p and projection d. The queens bishops Q B are placed on either side of the projection d, against the faces 0 c of walls A A.

The guards G are placed at the entrances to the fort in the following order: two on either side of the entrances B, within said entrances and behind theinside ends, mm, of wings m and f, and one to each of the entrances E, behind wings m m.

The positions of the several men or pieces are exactly shown in the drawing.

The game is played by two parties or sides, which play through the entrancesB E, so as to knockdown as many men or pieces as possible, and may play from any part of the room proper distance is kept from the fort. This is continued until all have played.

Balls such as that shown at F are used by the players, and the balls are rolled through the entrances B E, and the object sought is to knock down the men or pieces by the impact of the ball.

The counting is done on knocking down the pieces, and the pieces count as follows: Kings count 20, queens 15, bishops 10 each, and guards 5 each. The pieces must be knocked down by the impact of the rolled ball in order to count. If they are thrown down by. the contact of a falling piece, or by any means other than the impact of the ball, they are not counted. Each player on a side rolls twelve balls in succession, and when all the players on each side have rolled twelve balls apiece the "alnes of the several pieces knocked down ends and curved extensions 0, inclosing a are added up, the totals for the contesting space, 19, opposite the V-shaped projection 01, sides compared, and the sidehm'ingthe largest walls 1), with extensions q, inclosing a space, score Wins the game. r, opposite the \l-shaped projection 70, and en- 5 Having thus described my invention, what 1 trances B E, substantially as and for the pur- 15 I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letpose hereinbefore described. ters Patent, is l W. B. OOWAN.

The combination and arrangement, in a game Witnesses apparatus, of outsidewalls, A A, with wings W. H. JONES, 10 fat the ends, Wa11shh ,with wings m m at the I WM. GUTHRIE. 

